Excitement is building in Grand Portage as staff is hired for Oshki Ogimaag, the School of New Leaders, which will open this fall as a K-6 public charter school. Cook County School District 166 closed its Grand Portage campus on the last day of school this June in order to make way for the charter school. Oshki Ogimaag will have... READ MORE >
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a request from Sheriff Mark Falk Tuesday, June 23, 2009 to outfit Sheriff ‘s Department vehicles with computers. The computers will allow officers to access information from the state directly without having to go through dispatchers. Theywill also be able to write a report at the scene of a call instead of waiting... READ MORE >
Center in Schroeder opened for the season with a wellattended, enthusiastic celebration the evening of June 5, 2009. The event included food, wine and punch, music by Paul Deaner and Andy Skalsky, and a reading by local author Kirsten Stasney from her new book, Thy Father’s Will. Exhibit rooms were open, and the museum shop offered many interesting items that... READ MORE >
The 33rd running of Grandma’s Marathon Saturday, June 20, 2009 was a hot, humid one with a heat index so high that the event’s medical director almost called it off. Of the 14 Cook County residents registered for the 26.2-mile race that runs along the lake from Two Harbors to Duluth, five finished. Finishing in the top 12% of his... READ MORE >
Qwest customers who sign up for paperless billing and pay their bills online have the option of designating the equivalent of 1% of their monthly bill to the eligible school district of their choice – on Qwest’s dime, not the customer’s. This spring, Cook County Schools received just under $60 from Qwest thanks to customers who signed up for the... READ MORE >
A June 12 press release from the Cook County Attorney’s Office reported that in the case of the State v. Maranda Weber, the Cook County District Court found adequate probable cause to indict Weber and ordered that the case proceed to trial. A grand jury had indicted Weber on April 22, 2008 on one count of careless driving and one... READ MORE >
County commissioners reluctantly peered into what Bruce Martinson feared could become a “Pandora’s Box” at its Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Board of Appeal and Equalization meeting. Jim and Betty Huskey went before the board to request that their conditional use permit to operate a hair styling business out of their home “be grandfathered in” and exempted from being taxed at... READ MORE >
Representatives of the Cook County Employee Association (CCEA) expressed satisfaction with the outcome of contract negotiations with the county board in a latter dated June 9, 2009, even though they will not be receiving cost of living increases in the next two years. “The CCEA Negotiating Team would like to take this opportunity to thank the County Negotiating Committee for... READ MORE >
Two representatives of ESG, the firm that installed Cook County Schools’ new heating, air conditioning, and ventilation (HVAC) system, reported to the school board Monday, June 15, 2009 that the district has saved about $40,000 in heating and utility costs in the last year and a half since the new boilers were installed. The improvements have been made in steps,... READ MORE >
Thirteen people attended a public meeting at the courthouse Tuesday, June 16, 2009 to discuss the possibility of using a proposed 1% county tax to pay for a multi-purpose civic/community center building in Grand Marais. Not a single community member was in attendance other than those who were there because of their jobs, formally associated with the project, or members... READ MORE >
